Crafts from eggshells

At first glance, the egg shell becomes completely useless after you have broken and used its contents, however, in the opinion of people creative, it can become an indispensable and unique ornamental material.

Those who at least once saw crafts made of eggshells do not hide their enthusiasm. Due to its unique shape, the egg shell allows the creation of original decor objects. You can make toys from the eggshell on your Christmas tree with your own hands, decorative panels, souvenir eggs painted in a certain style, and also use shells to create mosaic compositions and much more. Despite the fact that working with the egg shell is quite complicated and laborious, the real masters of their craft create completely unique products from this material. But for this you will have to apply a lot of patience and perseverance.

Making eggs-made crafts by our own hands - preparatory stage

In order to make eggshell products beautiful and neat, you must thoroughly wash the shell and then dry it. If you are going to make eggs from eggshells, you need to carefully break up the prepared shell, washed, dried and freed from the inner film, so that you can obtain roughly the same pieces, for this you can use a rolling pin.

If you want to make artifacts from the egg shell while keeping the shape of the egg, you should gently pierce the holes in the raw egg from both sides and remove the contents. After this, through the holes, wash the egg inside and leave until completely dry. Make the shell stronger adhesive will help glue or lacquer, which is poured in.

Decoupage technique and egg shell

Combining decoupage with an egg shell is a great idea, since the combination of a mosaic made of shell and decoupage allows you to obtain a variety of magnificent decor elements. Mosaic or krike from eggshells is absolutely amazing for creating products that will later be decorated with decoupage techniques. Because it makes it possible to create an unusual surface, which in addition to its excellent external qualities is also quite strong. The decor of bottles with eggshells and decoupage of flower pots with eggshell is very common. Those. The basic requirement - the basis should be quite rigid.

Making eggshell decor with bottles

First, you need to prepare a bottle of suitable shape, for this, take PVA glue or putty and cover the entire surface several times. It should turn out smooth and smooth. Then on the PVA glue to lay out the patterns from the shell, the contour can be drawn in advance. It is necessary to leave the bottle for a day until it dries completely, then you can proceed to the final stage - applying a decorative layer. Depending on the idea - this can be ordinary building plaster, PVA glue in several layers, paint, etc. Very beautiful and original look products, where the joints between individual pieces of shell are painted with bright paint. To do this, use a very thin brush. Take into account, this work requires patience and accuracy.

Above the surface of the bottle can be decorated with the help of decoupage techniques, this will create a truly beautiful and unusual decorative bottles that will decorate the interior of your house.

So, decoupage of bottles with eggshell will make a container for drinks that will become an ornament of any festive table, especially if the drawing is thematic. Such a thing can become a wonderful gift.